23rd Canadian Parliament

Parliamentary session (1957–1958)

23rd Parliament of Canada

Minority parliament
14 October 1957 - 1 February 1958
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister| John Diefenbaker
21 Jun 1957 - 22 Apr 1963
Cabinet| 18th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition| Louis St. Laurent

| Lester B. Pearson

Party caucuses
Government| Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition| Liberal Party
Crossbench| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
| Social Credit Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members| 265 MP seats
List of members
Sovereign
Monarch| Elizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Sessions
1st session
1957-10-14 – 1958-02-01
| ← 22nd | → 24th

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The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.

It was the only parliament formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, rather than her formal representative, the governor general.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led first by Louis St. Laurent, and then by Lester B. Pearson.

It was the second shortest parliament in Canadian history.

The Speaker was Roland Michener. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952–1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There was only one session of the 23rd Parliament.

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Following is a full list of members of the twenty-third Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

### Alberta

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party

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Acadia |  | Victor Quelch | Social Credit
Athabaska |  | Joseph Miville Dechene | Liberal
Battle River—Camrose |  | James Alexander Smith | Social Credit
Bow River |  | Charles Edward Johnston | Social Credit
Calgary North |  | Douglas Harkness | Progressive Conservative
Calgary South |  | Arthur Ryan Smith | Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East |  | Ambrose Holowach | Social Credit
Edmonton—Strathcona |  | Sydney Herbert Thompson | Social Credit
Edmonton West |  | Marcel Lambert | Progressive Conservative
Jasper—Edson |  | Charles Yuill | Social Credit
Lethbridge |  | John Horne Blackmore | Social Credit
Macleod |  | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit
Medicine Hat |  | Bud Olson | Social Credit
Peace River |  | Solon Earl Low | Social Credit
Red Deer |  | Frederick Davis Shaw | Social Credit
Vegreville |  | Peter Stefura | Social Credit
Wetaskiwin |  | Ray Thomas | Social Credit

### British Columbia

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Burnaby—Coquitlam |  | Erhart Regier | C.C.F.
Burnaby—Richmond |  | Thomas Irwin | Social Credit
Cariboo |  | Bert Leboe | Social Credit
Coast—Capilano |  | James Sinclair | Liberal
Comox—Alberni |  | Thomas Speakman Barnett | C.C.F.
Esquimalt—Saanich |  | George Randolph Pearkes | Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley |  | Alexander Bell Patterson | Social Credit
Kamloops |  | Edmund Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative
Kootenay East |  | Jim Byrne | Liberal
Kootenay West |  | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | C.C.F.
Nanaimo |  | Colin Cameron | C.C.F.
New Westminster |  | George Hahn | Social Credit
Okanagan Boundary |  | Frank Christian | Social Credit
Okanagan—Revelstoke |  | George McLeod | Social Credit
Skeena |  | Frank Howard | C.C.F.
Vancouver—Burrard |  | John Russell Taylor | Progressive Conservative
Vancouver Centre |  | Douglas Jung | Progressive Conservative
Vancouver East |  | Harold Edward Winch | C.C.F.
Vancouver Kingsway |  | Alexander Macdonald | C.C.F.
Vancouver Quadra |  | Howard Charles Green | Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South |  | Ernest James Broome | Progressive Conservative
Victoria |  | Albert DeBurgo McPhillips | Progressive Conservative

### Manitoba

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party

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Brandon—Souris |  | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative
Churchill |  | Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative
Dauphin |  | Fred Zaplitny | C.C.F.
Lisgar |  | George Robson Muir | Progressive Conservative
Marquette |  | Nick Mandziuk | Progressive Conservative
Portage—Neepawa |  | George Clark Fairfield | Progressive Conservative
Provencher |  | Warner Herbert Jorgenson | Progressive Conservative
Selkirk |  | William Bryce | C.C.F.
Springfield |  | Jacob Schulz | C.C.F.
St. Boniface |  | Louis Deniset | Liberal
Winnipeg North |  | Alistair Stewart | C.C.F.
Winnipeg North Centre |  | Stanley Knowles | C.C.F.
Winnipeg South |  | Gordon Chown | Progressive Conservative
Winnipeg South Centre |  | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative

### New Brunswick

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Charlotte |  | A. Wesley Stuart | Liberal
Gloucester |  | Hédard-J. Robichaud | Liberal
Kent |  | Hervé Michaud | Liberal
Northumberland—Miramichi |  | George Roy McWilliam | Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska |  | Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative
Royal |  | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert |  | Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Carleton |  | Gage Montgomery | Progressive Conservative
Westmorland |  | Henry Murphy | Liberal
York—Sunbury |  | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative

### Newfoundland

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Bonavista—Twillingate |  | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal
Burin—Burgeo |  | Chesley William Carter | Liberal
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador |  | Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne | Liberal
Humber—St. George's |  | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal
St. John's East |  | James Aloysius McGrath | Progressive Conservative
St. John's West |  | William Joseph Browne | Progressive Conservative
Trinity—Conception |  | Leonard Stick | Liberal

### Northwest Territories

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Mackenzie River |  | Mervyn Arthur Hardie | Liberal

### Nova Scotia

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party

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Antigonish—Guysborough |  | Angus Ronald Macdonald | Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton North and Victoria |  | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton South |  | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative
Colchester—Hants |  | Cyril Kennedy | Progressive Conservative
Cumberland |  | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—Kings |  | George Nowlan | Progressive Conservative
Halifax*  |  | Robert Jardine McCleave | Progressive Conservative
| Edmund Leverett Morris | Progressive Conservative
Inverness—Richmond |  | Allan MacEachen | Liberal
Pictou |  | Howard Russell Macewan | Progressive Conservative
Queens—Lunenburg |  | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare |  | Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | Liberal

### Ontario

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party

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Algoma East |  | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal
Algoma West |  | George E. Nixon | Liberal
Brantford |  | Jack Wratten | Progressive Conservative
Brant—Haldimand |  | John A. Charlton | Progressive Conservative
Broadview |  | George Hees | Progressive Conservative
Bruce |  | Andrew Ernest Robinson | Progressive Conservative
Carleton |  | Dick Bell | Progressive Conservative
Cochrane |  | Joseph-Anaclet Habel | Liberal
Danforth |  | Robert Hardy Small | Progressive Conservative
Davenport |  | Douglas Morton | Progressive Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe |  | William Earl Rowe | Progressive Conservative
Durham |  | Reginald Percy Vivian | Progressive Conservative
Eglinton |  | Donald Fleming | Progressive Conservative
Elgin |  | James Alexander McBain | Progressive Conservative
Essex East |  | Paul Martin Sr. | Liberal
Essex South |  | Richard Devere Thrasher | Progressive Conservative
Essex West |  | Donald Ferguson Brown | Liberal
Fort William |  | Daniel McIvor | Liberal
Glengarry—Prescott |  | Osie Villeneuve | Progressive Conservative
Greenwood |  | James MacKerras Macdonnell | Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas |  | Arza Clair Casselman | Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce |  | Eric Winkler | Progressive Conservative
Grey North |  | Percy Verner Noble | Progressive Conservative
Halton |  | Charles Alexander Best | Progressive Conservative
Hamilton East |  | Quinto Martini | Progressive Conservative
Hamilton South |  | Bob McDonald | Progressive Conservative
Hamilton West |  | Ellen Fairclough | Progressive Conservative
Hastings—Frontenac |  | George Stanley White (until 20 August 1957 Senate appointment)  | Progressive Conservative
| Sidney Smith (by-election of 1957-11-04)  | Progressive Conservative
Hastings South |  | Lee Grills | Progressive Conservative
High Park |  | John Kucherepa | Progressive Conservative
Huron |  | Elston Cardiff | Progressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy River |  | William Moore Benidickson | Liberal-Labour
Kent |  | Edward Blake Huffman | Liberal
Kingston |  | William James Henderson | Liberal
Lambton—Kent |  | Ernest John Campbell | Progressive Conservative
Lambton West |  | Joseph Warner Murphy | Progressive Conservative
Lanark |  | William Gourlay Blair (died 16 June 1957)  | Progressive Conservative
| George Doucett (by-election of 1957-08-26)  | Progressive Conservative
Leeds |  | Hayden Stanton | Progressive Conservative
Lincoln |  | John Smith | Progressive Conservative
London |  | Ernest Halpenny | Progressive Conservative
Middlesex East |  | Harry Oliver White | Progressive Conservative
Middlesex West |  | William Howell Arthur Thomas | Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls |  | William Houck | Liberal
Nickel Belt |  | Léo Gauthier | Liberal
Nipissing |  | Jack Garland | Liberal
Norfolk |  | John Evans Knowles | Progressive Conservative
Northumberland |  | Benjamin Cope (Ben) Thompson | Progressive Conservative
Ontario |  | Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative
Ottawa East |  | Jean-Thomas Richard | Liberal
Ottawa West |  | George McIlraith | Liberal
Oxford |  | Wally Nesbitt | Progressive Conservative
Parkdale |  | Arthur Edward Martin Maloney | Progressive Conservative
Parry Sound—Muskoka |  | Gordon Aiken | Progressive Conservative
Peel |  | John Pallett | Progressive Conservative
Perth |  | Jay Monteith | Progressive Conservative
Peterborough |  | Gordon Knapman Fraser | Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur |  | Doug Fisher | C.C.F.
Prince Edward—Lennox |  | Clarence Adam Milligan | Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North |  | James Forgie | Liberal
Renfrew South |  | James William Baskin | Progressive Conservative
Rosedale |  | David James Walker | Progressive Conservative
Russell |  | Joseph-Omer Gour | Liberal
St. Paul's |  | Roland Michener | Progressive Conservative
Simcoe East |  | Philip Bernard Rynard | Progressive Conservative
Simcoe North |  | Heber Smith | Progressive Conservative
Spadina |  | Charles Edward Rea | Progressive Conservative
Stormont |  | Albert Peter Lavigne | Liberal
Sudbury |  | Rodger Mitchell | Liberal
Timiskaming |  | Arnold Peters | C.C.F.
Timmins |  | Murdo Martin | C.C.F.
Trinity |  | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal
Victoria |  | Clayton Hodgson | Progressive Conservative
Waterloo North |  | Norman Schneider | Liberal
Waterloo South |  | William Anderson | Progressive Conservative
Welland |  | William Hector McMillan | Liberal
Wellington—Huron |  | Marvin Howe | Progressive Conservative
Wellington South |  | Alfred Hales | Progressive Conservative
Wentworth |  | Frank Exton Lennard | Progressive Conservative
York Centre |  | Fred C. Stinson | Progressive Conservative
York East |  | Robert Henry McGregor | Progressive Conservative
York—Humber |  | Margaret Aitken | Progressive Conservative
York North |  | Cecil A. (Tiny) Cathers | Progressive Conservative
York—Scarborough |  | Frank Charles McGee | Progressive Conservative
York South |  | William George Beech | Progressive Conservative
York West |  | John Borden Hamilton | Progressive Conservative

### Prince Edward Island

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King's |  | John Augustine Macdonald | Progressive Conservative
Prince |  | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative
Queen's*  |  | John Angus Maclean | Progressive Conservative
| Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative

### Quebec

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Electoral district  | Name  | Party

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Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes |  | Philippe Valois | Liberal
Beauce |  | Raoul Poulin | Independent
Beauharnois—Salaberry |  | Robert Cauchon | Liberal
Bellechasse |  | Ovide Laflamme | Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière |  | Joseph Langlois | Liberal
Bonaventure |  | Nérée Arsenault | Progressive Conservative
Brome—Missisquoi |  | Joseph-Léon Deslières | Liberal
Cartier |  | Leon David Crestohl | Liberal
Chambly—Rouville |  | Yvon L'heureux | Liberal
Champlain |  | Joseph Irenée Rochefort | Liberal
Chapleau |  | Charles-Noël Barbès | Liberal
Charlevoix |  | Auguste Maltais | Liberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie |  | Jean Boucher | Liberal
Chicoutimi |  | Rosaire Gauthier | Liberal
Compton—Frontenac |  | Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette | Liberal
Dollard |  | Guy Rouleau | Liberal
Dorchester |  | Joseph-Armand Landry | Liberal
Drummond—Arthabaska |  | Samuel Boulanger | Independent Liberal
Gaspé |  | Roland Léo English | Progressive Conservative
Gatineau |  | Rodolphe Leduc | Liberal
Hochelaga |  | Raymond Eudes | Liberal
Hull |  | Alexis Pierre Caron | Liberal
Îles-de-la-Madeleine |  | Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon | Liberal
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle |  | Robert John Pratt | Progressive Conservative
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm |  | Maurice Breton | Liberal
Kamouraska |  | Benoît Chabot | Independent
Labelle |  | Henri Courtemanche | Independent Progressive Conservative
Lac-Saint-Jean |  | André Gauthier | Liberal
Lafontaine |  | J.-Georges Ratelle | Liberal
Lapointe |  | Augustin Brassard | Liberal
Laurier |  | Lionel Chevrier | Liberal
Laval |  | Léopold Demers | Liberal
Lévis |  | Maurice Bourget | Liberal
Longueuil |  | Auguste Vincent | Liberal
Lotbinière |  | Raymond Joseph Michael O'Hurley | Progressive Conservative
Maisonneuve—Rosemont |  | Jean-Paul Deschatelets | Liberal
Matapédia—Matane |  | Léandre Thibault | Liberal
Mégantic |  | Joseph Lafontaine | Liberal
Mercier |  | Marcel Monette | Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet |  | Jean Lesage | Liberal
Mount Royal |  | Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton | Liberal
Nicolet—Yamaska |  | Paul Comtois | Progressive Conservative
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |  | William McLean Hamilton | Progressive Conservative
Outremont—St-Jean |  | Romuald Bourque | Liberal
Papineau |  | Adrien Meunier | Liberal
Pontiac—Témiscamingue |  | John Hugh Proudfoot | Liberal
Portneuf |  | Pierre Gauthier | Liberal
Québec—Montmorency |  | Wilfrid Lacroix | Liberal
Quebec East |  | Louis St. Laurent | Liberal
Quebec South |  | Francis (Frank) Gavan Power | Liberal
Quebec West |  | René Bégin | Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères |  | Lucien Cardin | Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe |  | Ernest-Omer Gingras | Liberal
Rimouski |  | Gérard Légaré | Liberal
Roberval |  | Georges Villeneuve | Liberal
Saguenay |  | Lomer Brisson | Liberal
St. Ann |  | Gérard Loiselle | Independent Liberal
Saint-Antoine—Westmount |  | George Carlyle Marler | Liberal
Saint-Denis |  | Azellus Denis | Liberal
Saint-Henri |  | Joseph-Arsène Bonnier | Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |  | Théogène Ricard | Progressive Conservative
Saint-Jacques |  | Roland Beaudry | Liberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville |  | J.-Armand Ménard | Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George |  | Claude Sartoris Richardson | Liberal
Sainte-Marie |  | Hector Dupuis | Liberal
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche |  | Joseph-Adolphe Richard | Liberal
Shefford |  | Marcel Boivin | Liberal
Sherbrooke |  | Maurice Gingues | Liberal
Stanstead |  | Louis-Édouard Roberge | Liberal
Témiscouata |  | Jean-Paul St. Laurent | Liberal
Terrebonne |  | Raymond Raymond | Liberal
Trois-Rivières |  | Léon Balcer | Progressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—Soulanges |  | Louis-René Beaudoin | Liberal
Verdun |  | Joseph Gérard Yves Leduc | Liberal
Villeneuve |  | Armand Dumas | Liberal

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Assiniboia |  | Hazen Argue | C.C.F.
Humboldt—Melfort |  | Hugh Alexander Bryson | C.C.F.
Kindersley |  | Merv Johnson | C.C.F.
Mackenzie |  | Alexander Malcolm Nicholson | C.C.F.
Meadow Lake |  | John Hornby Harrison | Liberal
Melville |  | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre |  | Louis Harrington Lewry | C.C.F.
Moose Mountain |  | Edward George McCullough | C.C.F.
Prince Albert |  | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative
Qu'Appelle |  | Francis Alvin George Hamilton | Progressive Conservative
Regina City |  | Alfred Claude Ellis | C.C.F.
Rosetown—Biggar |  | Major James Coldwell | C.C.F.
Rosthern |  | Walter Adam Tucker | Liberal
Saskatoon |  | Henry Frank Jones | Progressive Conservative
Swift Current—Maple Creek |  | Irvin William Studer | Liberal
The Battlefords |  | Alexander Maxwell (Max) Campbell | C.C.F.
Yorkton |  | George Hugh Castleden | C.C.F.

### Yukon

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Yukon |  | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal
| Erik Nielsen (by-election of 1957-12-16)  | Progressive Conservative

## By-elections

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Main article: By-elections to the 23rd Canadian Parliament

By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained

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Yukon | December 16, 1957  | James Aubrey Simmons |  | Liberal | Erik Nielsen |  | Progressive Conservative | Election declared void  | No
Hastings—Frontenac | November 4, 1957  | George Stanley White |  | Progressive Conservative | Sidney Earle Smith |  | Progressive Conservative | Called to the Senate  | Yes
Lanark | August 26, 1957  | William G. Blair |  | Progressive Conservative | George Doucett |  | Progressive Conservative | Death  | Yes

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* Government of Canada. "23rd Parliament". Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-11-30.
* Government of Canada. "Duration of Sessions". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "General Elections". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Key Dates for each Parliament". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
* Government of Canada. "Speakers". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2006-05-12.

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